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New York

Across New York's 2,203 community water suppliers, 1.3% exceed the EPA lead action level and 15.2% have detectable PFAS.

1.3%
exceed lead action level
(28/2163 suppliers)
15.2%
PFOA/PFOS detected
(48/316 suppliers)
2,203
water suppliers
Lead by supplier PFAS by supplier

Largest water suppliers

Lead is the LCR 90th-percentile result; a value above 0.015 mg/L exceeds the EPA action level. “—” means no lead sample is on file for that supplier.
SupplierCityPopulationLead (p90)
New York City System New York 8,271,000 0.0100 mg/L
Suffolk County Water Authority Babylon 1,100,000 0.0013 mg/L
Mcwa Batavia 525,262 0.0040 mg/L
Ocwa Syracuse 350,000 0.0070 mg/L
Ecwa Direct Amherst 313,380 0.0060 mg/L
Buffalo Water Authority Buffalo 276,000 0.0040 mg/L
Veolia Water New York Clarkstown 270,000 0.0030 mg/L
Liberty Utilities New York - Lynbrook Hempstead 220,000 0.0042 mg/L
Yonkers City Yonkers 211,569 0.0071 mg/L
Rochester City Rochester 210,000 0.0068 mg/L
Syracuse City Syracuse 192,000 0.0120 mg/L
Veolia Water New York, Inc. rd-1 Ardsley 146,732 0.0122 mg/L
Liberty Utilities New York - Merrick Hempstead 135,000 0.0000 mg/L
Mvwa - Mohawk Valley Water Authority Deerfield 126,250 0.0120 mg/L
Wa of Western Nassau Hempstead 120,000 0.0014 mg/L
Town of Hempstead Water Department Hempstead 110,000 0.0010 mg/L
Albany City Albany 98,000 0.0130 mg/L
Ecwa Amherst Amherst 92,697 0.0098 mg/L
Greenburgh Consolidated Wd #1 Greenburgh 86,624 0.0013 mg/L
Latham Water District Colonie 85,590 0.0020 mg/L
South Huntington Water District Huntington 81,760 0.0013 mg/L
Mount Vernon Water Department Mount Vernon 73,893 0.0071 mg/L
Tonawanda, Town Water Dept. Kenmore 72,571 0.0021 mg/L
Schenectady City Water Works Schenectady 61,821 0.0030 mg/L
Westchester Joint Water Works Mamaroneck 59,629 0.0030 mg/L
White Plains City White Plains 59,559 0.0013 mg/L
Jericho Wd Oyster Bay 58,000 0.0000 mg/L
Veolia Water New York, Inc. rd-2 Port Chester 57,301 0.0020 mg/L
Hempstead Hempstead 56,000 0.0000 mg/L
Elmira Water Board Elmira 54,000 0.0011 mg/L
Kiryas Joel Kiryas Joel 51,623 0.0040 mg/L
Troy City Pws Troy 51,401 0.0106 mg/L
Niagara Falls Water Board Niagara Falls 50,193 0.0059 mg/L
Hicksville Wd Oyster Bay 48,000 0.0010 mg/L
Binghamton, City of Binghamton 47,600 0.0030 mg/L
Jamestown Bpu Jamestown 46,712 0.0031 mg/L
Freeport Freeport 45,000 0.0013 mg/L
Endicott Municipal Water Works Endicott 45,000 0.0040 mg/L
South Farmingdale Wd Oyster Bay 44,700 0.0010 mg/L
Manhasset Lakeville Wd North Hempstead 43,000 0.0016 mg/L
Massapequa Wd Massapequa Park 43,000 0.0000 mg/L
Poughkeepsie Townwide Wd Poughkeepsie 43,000 0.0042 mg/L
Greenlawn Water District Huntington 42,000 0.0010 mg/L
Yorktown Consold. Water dist.#1 Yorktown 36,000 0.0012 mg/L
Clifton Park Water Authority Clifton Park 35,000 0.0017 mg/L
Riverhead Water District Riverhead 35,000 0.0020 mg/L
Long Beach City Long Beach 35,000 0.0011 mg/L
Dix Hills Water District Huntington 34,522 0.0010 mg/L
Port Washington Wd North Hempstead 34,000 0.0020 mg/L
Fort Drum Leray 34,000 0.0004 mg/L
West Hempstead Wd Hempstead 32,031 0.0011 mg/L
Rome City Rome 31,795 0.0050 mg/L
Cornell University Ithaca 31,581 0.0024 mg/L
North Tonawanda City North Tonawanda 31,568 0.0057 mg/L
Wa of Great Neck North Great Neck 31,400 0.0030 mg/L
Bethlehem Wd No 1 Bethlehem 31,000 0.0010 mg/L
Poughkeepsie City Poughkeepsie 30,639 0.0021 mg/L
Guilderland Town Wd Guilderland 30,000 0.0028 mg/L
Middletown City Middletown 30,000 0.0010 mg/L
Ossining Water Department Ossining 30,000 0.0030 mg/L
Ithaca City Ithaca 29,457 0.0024 mg/L
Oswego City Oswego 29,400 0.0027 mg/L
Ecwa Lancaster Lancaster 29,018 0.0098 mg/L
Newburgh City Newburgh 29,000 0.0015 mg/L
Cortlandt Consolidated Wd Cortlandt 28,369 0.0014 mg/L
Glen Cove City Glen Cove 28,000 0.0039 mg/L
Rotterdam Wd #5 Rotterdam 28,000 0.0022 mg/L
Watertown City Watertown 27,861 0.0063 mg/L
Auburn Auburn 27,179 0.0020 mg/L
Saratoga Springs City Saratoga Sprngs 26,525 0.0034 mg/L
Brockport Village Brockport 25,918 0.0034 mg/L
New Windsor Consolidated Wd New Windsor 25,667 0.0010 mg/L
Rockville Centre Rockville Center 24,700 0.0010 mg/L
Ecwa Orchard Park Orchard Park 24,582 0.0098 mg/L
Peekskill City Peekskill 24,272 0.0020 mg/L
Palmyra-Macedon-Walworth Csa Macedon 24,267 0.0028 mg/L
Plattsburgh City Plattsburgh 24,173 0.0022 mg/L
Kingston (City) Water District Kingston 24,000 0.0070 mg/L
Ecwa West Seneca West Seneca 23,557 0.0098 mg/L
Garden City Garden City 23,272 0.0093 mg/L
Niskayuna Consolidated Wd #11 Schenectady 22,287 0.0030 mg/L
Newburgh Consolidated Wd Newburgh 22,282 0.0015 mg/L
Vestal Consolidated W.D. #1 Vestal 22,200 0.0010 mg/L
Scarsdale Water Department Scarsdale 21,649 0.0029 mg/L
Queensbury Water District Queensbury 21,200 0.0030 mg/L
Lockport City Wtp Lockport 21,165 0.0100 mg/L
Lockport Town Wds Lockport 21,105 0.0020 mg/L
Amsterdam Amsterdam 20,700 0.0139 mg/L
Mineola Mineola 20,600 0.0022 mg/L
Westbury Wd North Hempstead 20,500 0.0000 mg/L
Cortland Cortland 20,095 0.0050 mg/L
Franklin Square Wd Hempstead 20,000 0.0000 mg/L
Smithtown Water District Smithtown 19,635 0.0012 mg/L
Grand Island Town Water Dept. Grand Island 19,500 0.0011 mg/L
Wallkill Consolidated Wd Wallkill 18,450 0.0020 mg/L
Cohoes City Cohoes 18,447 0.0013 mg/L
Wheatfield Wd Wheatfield 18,117 0.0000 mg/L
Garden City Park Wd New Hyde Park 18,000 0.0026 mg/L
Gloversville (C) Water Works Gloversville 17,991 0.0079 mg/L
Kensico Water District Mount Pleasant 17,917 0.0000 mg/L